NNA – Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Walid bin Abdullah Bukhari, on Thursday, received at his residence in Yarzeh, head of the economic bodies in Lebanon, former Minister Mohammad Choucair, with an accompanying economic delegation.

As per a statement by the economic bodies, the meeting was an occasion to discuss the means to activate the economic and trade relations between Lebanon and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The economic bodies’ delegation affirmed the Lebanese private sector’s determination to take all available steps to develop economic and trade relations between the two brotherly countries, especially that the Kingdom and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries constitute Lebanon’s strategic economic depth.

The participants hoped that all the problems that limit trade exchange between the two countries, especially the issue of exporting Lebanese products to the Kingdom, will be resolved as soon as possible.

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